.net – How to use .NET 3.x features in .NET 2.0 (Visual Studio 2008)

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You're stuck with targeting .NET 2.0 in Visual Studio 2008, but you'd like to use all the latest goodness from .NET 3.x features, like:

  • LINQ
  • Extension Methods
  • Lambdas

What can one do to enable this awesomeness?

EDIT: I had not originally found the post: C# .NET 3.0/3.5 features in 2.0 using Visual Studio 2008. Go there for an answer.